Stretton-on-Fosse

Stretton-on-Fosse
St Peter's Church, Stretton-on-Fosse
Stretton-on-Fosse is located in Warwickshire
Stretton-on-Fosse
Stretton-on-Fosse
Location within Warwickshire
Population439 (ward, 2011) [1]
OS grid referenceSP222384
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMORETON-IN-MARSH
Postcode districtGL56
Dialling code01789
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Warwickshire
52°02′35″N 1°40′37″W / 52.043°N 1.677°W / 52.043; -1.677
Skyline of Stretton-on-Fosse

Stretton-on-Fosse is a village in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is situated between the towns of Moreton-in-Marsh and Shipston-on-Stour. The village is situated along the ancient Fosse Way road which runs from Exeter in Devon to Lincoln in Lincolnshire. The road bypasses the village to the east and is now the modern-day A429 road. The village is close to the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire border. While the lower ground of the village is heavy clay the upper parts are composed of sand and shingle. During commercial extraction of sand important graves of the Roman-British and Anglo-Saxon periods were uncovered and interesting skeletons and personal belongings were unearthed. These burials were the result of internecine warfare between local tribal factions.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Stretton-on-Fosse (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Parishes: Stretton-on-Fosse | British History Online".
  3. ^ "About/history - strettononfosse". www.strettononfosse.com.